That’s James Fenimore and Samuel Langhorn, not Scott and Roger. On The Deerslayer:
Yes,I mean the book by James Fenimore Cooper. I am reading it for the first time and it is much better than I had expected. Mark Twain’s mockery of Cooper led me wrong, as I let it turn me away from being an appreciator. And for all the more recent talk of the book being archaic and racist, I am finding it surprisingly sophisticated…
I read the Mark Twain essay in high school, and never wanted to read Cooper after that. I will try to find some time this summer to read Cooper.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2tETGFm
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